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Mythical Garden

Created by Kage Davies

A collection of enamel pins based on a garden of plants associated with myth and legend.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Pin Previews and Survey Questions ~
10 months ago – Fri, Aug 15, 2025 at 02:56:19 PM

Hey hey ~

I got the sample shipment back so I have some pictures. Unfortunately I don't have my equipment right now so they're a little rough, sorry! There were a few questions in the comments of the last update about the surveys, so I'll add the answers here too. 


Cat skulls. Don't mind the lighting, they are exactly the same just in two different sizes. I wanted to directly compare the difference before our next project so I just decided to offer both. 


The physalis branch pin. You can see the metal parts here. The branches and the shadowed/back parts are all metal. This is a theme for all the branch pins. 


Physalis mini pin. They're more see through in person, its just very hard to photograph!


Purple Iris/harvest mouse. Its come out a beautiful colour, I really like this one in person much more than the art. 


Violet Carpenter free-bee. Its soooo hard to photograph this pin but they're so pretty. Every one is a different colour as the heat treatment makes the rainbow different each time. 


And a WIP preview of the picture window shaker pin (twice so the image isn't huge). This still has weeks of work to go T_T. But its looking great so far. 

The rough estimate for when we're charging cards is... Hopefully around December, but no promises. There are nearly 50 different designs to order, and I don't know how long the manufacturer will take to make them all. Now that I'm happy with the sizes/finishes I chose, I'll get getting the big order in asap - but its going to take weeks, realistically. The quicksand pins are notoriously slow, its why I ordered them early.

Otherwise, that's it for now. A lot of work to do in the background and no much to update for a while, I should think. Feel free to leave any questions here though!


Pins, Previews and Surveys!
10 months ago – Fri, Aug 08, 2025 at 03:13:00 PM

Hello hello ~

Back with the final designs and a few updates.

First off, the last of the designs are finished ~



Orchid mantis, and white begonia.



The doormouse branch pin. The fade effect will be done with UV print.


The chestnut mini pin that matches, this design also has UV printing. Also, a few of the missing pledges came in, so I re-added this pink dahlia to the mini pin collection. 



A peek at a few of the alternate colourways that will be in the survey store to unlock. These are just extras, they'll unlock at 20 pieces purchased, along with a couple of others.

Plus a couple of sample previews from the manufacturer;





These should be with me next week, so hopefully it'll be time to make the big order. That means its survey time. If you could complete and send them in at your earliest convenience, it would help me a lot. You'll be able to edit them until just before I start shipping things, and you should get a warning before they lock. Cards won't be charged until that point. Fingers crossed if I haven't messed them up, they'll be with you in a day or three. I'd really like to get this project fulfilled before the end of 2025, but we're going to be ordering a large quantity of pins at once and I'm bound by the time it takes to make them. I'm gonna do my best though.

Keep an eye out ~

Manufacturer Previews
10 months ago – Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 08:55:29 AM

Super quick update, I got an update from the manufacturer with some of the sample pins;





The skull mini, the purple iris and the rainbow bee are in this order too, so hopefully we'll see those soon :D.

☆ Preview ☆ Mini Pins
11 months ago – Wed, Jul 23, 2025 at 02:16:35 PM

... Lots of mini pins!

So sorry guys. Life is kicking my butt at the moment.

Work is continuing though! Nearly everything is done, just the last two designs that need finishing up. But I realised it had been a hot minute so here's progress.

Update One - we got the glass preview back for the physalis mini;


Its perfect, I love it. No notes.

The crackle pattern will be screen printed on top of that.

Update Two - mini pin designs.

Due to a large number of failed pledges, I am dropping one of the mini pin designs from the general pool. That's the second dahlia design, the more open faced one. It will be in the add-on store as a late stretch goal (it will unlock as an add-on only pin if enough people buy one). We lost nearly 20% of our total to failed pledges this time, which is double the usual amount; so I hope you'll forgive me for this. 

The rest though are all done, here we are;


Sweet Pea no. 1 and no. 2. The manufacturer didn't have colour shift (boo T_T) so we're doing a UV print fade effects, please bear that in mind (I know its not everyone's favourite, but I think it looks fab!).


Venus fly trap and poppy. No special effects, they come as they are :).



'Pom pom' Dahlia in pink and red. No special effects, the gradient is just different sections of colour.


Update Three - Final Foxglove colouration


I promised one more and here it is, my best approximation of dalmation peach.

Update Four - Add - on only pins.


There are going to be a few colourways in the add-on stage that are post campaign stretch goals. One is the second dahlia mini pin, and the others will be a few different colourways for various flowers. There's also a surprise or two in there...

Surveys will go out as soon as the last two pin designs are ready, which is hopefully in a few days.

Finally the grey mouse, purple/orange iris design is currently being reworked per the manufacturer's request, so expect to see that altered soon. It was meant to have a pearl fade effect but I'm not sure we can manage it within specs and a reasonable budget, but hopefully that'll have a preview before survey time too. 

Alright! Keep a look out, the last two designs should be out soon and then the surveys will go out :).

☆ What Happens Next? ☆
11 months ago – Sat, Jun 28, 2025 at 11:33:13 AM

Well, first of all a massive thank you for everyone who backed the campaign. It really means a lot to me that we got so much support.

Next step is... Well, a bit of waiting around. Work is continuing behind the scenes for the final pin designs. Once those are finished, they surveys will go out. Hopefully within the next two weeks or so, maybe a little longer. It would really help me out if you could fill it out right away - it gives me an idea of how many of each design to order. You'll be able to edit your survey up until cards are charged, which will be shortly before shipping begins - in this case, probably November time. 

Some test pins are on order already, including the pink foxglove, the purple harvest mouse, the physalis, the violet carpenter bee, both sizes of cat skull and the stained glass pin, as well as the quicksand pins. Hopefully we'll get some previews soon. 

And that's it :). I'll be back once the rest of the designs are ready to go.